When Johann Peter Lautenschlaeger was born on 9 December 1856, his father, Andreas Lautenschlaeger, was 39 and his mother, Elisabetha Henkel, was 35. He lived in Georgenhausen, Dieburg, Hesse, Germany in 1856 and Kenton, Hardin, Ohio, United States in 1880.
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Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Young William (Wilhelm) II dismisses Bismarck.
Some characteristic forenames: German Ernst, Johann, Kurt.
German and Alsatian (usually Lautenschläger): occupational name for a player on the lute, Middle High German lūtenslaher.
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